Al Franken: Colleague pulled Ted Cruz's name at Senate's Secret Santa drawing, dropped it on floor

[Miles Archer]

Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) described Wednesday the reaction he once witnessed from an unnamed Democratic colleague who picked Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) during the Senate’s Secret Santa name drawing.

“I’ve had people pick out Cruz’s name and then drop it on the floor. I’ve actually had that happen,” the Minnesota senator said during a town hall discussion with Bob Cusack, editor in chief of The Hill, and Julie Mason, host of "Press Pool” on SiriusXM’s POTUS Channel.

The Senate’s Secret Santa aims to spread bipartisan “bonhomie” and good-spirited fun among lawmakers in the upper chamber. Franken said he tries to arrange for Republicans to draw Democrats' names and vice versa.

“Ted is a toxic co-worker. He’s the guy who microwaves fish for lunch,” Franken said about his GOP colleague, adding that Cruz's greatest accomplishment is getting the government to shutdown.

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/335822-franken-dem-colleague-dropped-cruzs-name-during-secret-santa-name-drawing#.WS8oGesciNQ.twitter

[pangaia]

1. " Ted is a toxic co-worker. Hes the guy who microwaves fish for lunch,

LOL !!!!!!!!!!!

[Ilsa]

3. That got me too!

I love Franken's sense of humor.

[frazzled]

4. Yeah, I truly needed that laugh today!

I find myself less and less prone to laughing these days, and I know I should laugh more. So I seek out anything that can give me a chuckle, even.

This New Yorker cartoon from a recent issue actually got a big guffaw out of me (Had to copy the caption by hand underneath--wont copy from New Yorker file):


“Schadenfreude. S-C-A-R-F. Schadenfreude.”

[Docreed2003]

6. Lmao...that's the perfect description of him!

[louis-t]

13. And leaves the splatters inside the micro for

someone else to clean up.

[gratuitous]

2. Not the other Senators, not his daughter

It wouldn't surprise me if Ted's mother had to tie pork chops around his neck to get the neighborhood dogs to play with him, if only for a little while:

[Docreed2003]

5. Wow...that's weird. What a dick he must be

[volstork]

15. I'm thinking abuse.

She clearly does NOT want him to touch her at all.

[Docreed2003]

16. Maybe not full on abuse...

But clearly her home life is not good. For a child to respond that way to a parent should be a huge red flag for anyone with eyes to see. That's not just a child being petulant, it's clearly a child that is scared of and has no affection for their parent!

[Angry Dragon]

7. VERY STRANGE

[Liberal In Texas]

10. That speaks volumns about him. n/t

[gratuitous]

11. I know, right?

Strange how this episode from the campaign just flat disappeared, while we were treated to endless loops of Secretary Clinton's stumble on the way to the car on all the popular media.

[Kahuna7]

9. I adore Al Franken. Imagine him in a presidential debate..

Unfortunately has has recently said that he will not run.

[ReformedGOPer]

12. Love Al Franken

[n2doc]

14. oh I would have gotten him a present...

Sugar free Harbo Gummy Bears...

https://www.buzzfeed.com/michaelrusch/haribo-gummy-bear-reviews-on-amazon-are-the-most-insane-thin

From a review titled: "Fully weaponized Gummy Bears"

"The cramping started about an hour later, and soon enough I was as bloated as a balloon in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. When the rumbling started I sprinted down the hallway and made it to the bathroom just in time for the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse to stampede from my backside, laying waste to my home's septic system AND my will to live. After three hours of a pelvis-shaking Gummy Bear assault, I was spongy and weak, surprised that I had any bones left. I cursed Haribo with the little strength I could muster."

[volstork]

18. Everyone, do yourselves a favor

and click on that link. I don't relish the misery of others (repubs excepted), but have just spent the last half hour laughing with tears running down my face. Pretty sure I chucked loose a rib or two...

[EL34x4]

17. One of the funniest "Bad Lip Readings" I've ever seen.

I still LMAO at this!